KRSA Fish Blog

One item on the agenda for the upcoming NPFMC meeting in Anchorage is final action on the update to the Salmon FMP. The preliminary preferred alternative is alt. 3, which would exclude traditional drift areas in Cook Inlet, PWS and Area M from federal jurisdiction, instead putting these areas of the EEZ under state management … + read more

A federal judge upholds the endangered species listing of Beluga in Cook Inlet, in an article from the Peninsula Clarion. Lack of prey (salmon) abundance in the designated critical habitat area of the Northern District of Upper Cook Inlet is identified by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as a primary threat to the long-term … + read more